How God Delivered Me From Smoking

I got saved in June of 1999. I was into partying and going to clubs. Even after I got saved for a while I still went until for some reason it wasn’t fun anymore. I was going through sanctification process and God was changing my thought process and that is what the Christian walk is all about.

Christ living in and through you! Nothing can match the Power of God NOTHING!

I smoke for several years 12 or more years. Then about almost two years into being saved I was going to this church in KY. They were a non-denominational church and they always stood up before church in the front and gathered around in a circle to pray openly meaning verbally. So to me I was really having a hard time focusing during prayer because I was not use to that and when you are hearing about 40 people praying it almost reminded me of that movie Bruce Almighty where he could start to hear people praying.

I remember I just spoke out and really to this day I am not for sure why I did? But I said “I want to quit smoking!” Then at that moment EVERYONE came around me. They put their hands on me and prayed. Some were speaking in tongues and I had no clue what they were saying. I even started making fun of them in my mind well because I was just saved in 1999 and I was just a baby in Christ. I had no idea about much of anything other that I knew I was a sinner…..

After they prayed I left the church and like always lit a cigg on the way home…God NEVER convicted me of it NOT ONE TIME! I went home that night and didn’t think much more of it……

The next morning I woke up and started my day and it was like any ordinary day…I went to work, ran some errands, ate lunch, clean the house…you know normal stuff.

Then about 3 pm it was as if I had been blind-folded! I was standing inside my living room and all the sudden I freaked out! I thought “Oh my gosh!” “I have not smoked today!” ‘Huh?” I was stunned!

I sat there in shock! It was like cigarettes were never invented! I would always smoke outside never inside so it was the normal thing for me to have a cup of coffee and smoke first thing in the morning and after I eat.

But nothing not one time and then I knew I was delivered! The desire, the want, the crave, everything GONE!

Then I was like “God please forgive me for making fun of you…I …..I was at a loss for words. But you see God KNEW what I was thinking and He KNEW that would get my attention! And it DID!

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO THINK HE IS SOME IMAGINARY FIGURE OUT THERE WHO IS SO FAR AWAY AND OUT OF REACH YOUR WRONG! WHAT HE HAS DONE IN MY LIFE HE WILL DO IN YOURS!

QUESTION IS DO YOU BELIEVE??

Be blessed!

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